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title: A beginner in chess captures lots of pieces but loses. What did he f… — Sharing toys and playing board games f… · tree and pragmatics
description: A beginner in chess captures lots of pieces but loses. What did he forget? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly

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A beginner in chess captures lots of pieces but loses. What did he forget?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** beginner · **What happens:** lose, forget

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A beginner in chess captures lots of pieces but loses.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t7:1
# text = A beginner in chess captures lots of pieces but loses.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beginner	beginner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	captures	capture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | a beginner in chess captures and lots of pieces |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What did he forget?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t7:2
# text = What did he forget?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | beginner |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pawns are worth the most points

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t7:o1:1
# text = Pawns are worth the most points
1	Pawns	pawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pawns |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The queen can never be captured by the other player

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t7:o2:1
# text = The queen can never be captured by the other player
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **capture** | can · passive | the other player | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Chess is won by whoever has more pieces left at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t7:o3:1
# text = Chess is won by whoever has more pieces left at the end
1	Chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present · passive |  | Chess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | whoever | more pieces |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  | more pieces *not said here* |  |  | at the end |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The goal is checkmate, not capturing everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:242-sharing-toys-and-board-games:t7:o4:1
# text = The goal is checkmate, not capturing everything
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	checkmate	checkmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	capturing	capture	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the goal | checkmate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **capture** | gerund | the goal *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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